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  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  breakfast but the line was ridiculous. At 7:45 am (most people hadn't arrived yet): We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, the "gineers" :) At 9 am: Ah, the bond of the brass rat: At 9:45ish, we began to leave

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  people. FRESHMAN YEAR IS OVER! 1/4 of my time here at MIT is officially ... John Estrada '11 -- Working at home in New York doing HVAC and duct design Maddie Hickman '11 -- (More than likely) doing a UROP at MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  exceptions to rules here at good old M.I.T. Anyway, I wasn't really around for ... uncomfortable lecture halls at MIT: The Green Building is something like 21 ... many times as you can in four hours (bananas and Gatorade provided at the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  practically non-existent). I realized last year that I'm a lot better at trying to organize people than I am at actually solving puzzles, so I've been focusing on doing that. Every day since Friday, I've shown up at noon, sat

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  even though we're working at full speed, they keep giving us puzzles ... that the Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight found the coin at 8 ... , because Otto broke down his will. The investigation is shutting down at this

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  hosts a reception at his enormous hilltop mansion, "WestWind." The ... folks I saw at the reception were Prof. Woodie Flowers, my old dormmate ... saw someone from your team... While the company at the event was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  Right now, I'm sitting at home at my dining room table, with a big ... , Every school night (Sunday-Thursday), promptly at 11 pm, one can hear the cacophonic calls of "Cocoa! Cocoa!" echo through East Campus. Or at least we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  .” Not that almost every week at MIT isn’t one of those weeks (is that one ... probably won’t even see at CPW. Ladies and gentleman, I’m warning you, this ... free food is okay). We begin at the beginning, when I, just like many

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  process from the moment your application arrives at MIT through the mailing ... interests at heart and will treat your case with great care. While we're on ... December 7th, and any scores we have at that time will be considered. While

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of ... some classes at Hogwarts and see if there are any similar ones at MIT ... everyone at Hogwarts has special abilities, you could say the same for MIT. I

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  very helpful during this difficult time. Meanwhile, back at MIT, life has been blowing by at full pace. I have 16 more days until I'm no ... xkcd! It also probably entails me falling over at one point until I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at the beautiful new conference center at Harvard Medical School, the New ... at 8 AM, and the morning was spent listening to medical and graduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  brain is concerned, so when you get home at night, you're not exactly ... a shot at winning, and the latter for pure entertainment value ... you have a 220 on your math SAT. You know when you're at a wedding and

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  interested in catching up on some TV. This month, you can see (at least) three ... that much stronger at MIT – you need two Harvard geeks to equal just one ... was cast: At the end of last summer, the WB recruited heavily from MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  heard back from them, don't worry. Give your EC at least a few days to ... can either give us a call at 617.253.4791 or drop us an email at ... the interview except that it was at his house, which was quite dark, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  leave it out at room temperature without fear of food poisioning. This new ... classes and waiting in line at Anna's Taqueria at 8 PM at night. Now, professors at MIT are generally pretty approachable by undergrads, but I think

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  "Soccer Bots," culminating in an ultimate Soccer Bot battle/tournament at ... to sail at the MIT Sailing Pavilion. Freshman Arts Program (FAP) FAP ... /photography, theater, and visual arts. All of these disciplines are well represented at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  Today was my last day at work, which was very sad. Well, let's go ... insanity at that place on a daily basis. (I'm a lifeguard at a waterpark, for those of you just tuning in.) You think you deal with rude customers at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  October of next year. (We're hoping to have our reception at the Museum of ... in admissions -- legacy kids aren't at an advantage compared to the ... sophomore year at a party at Baker, but I wasn't really aware of his existence

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  So I did pretty much everything I said I was going to do at CPW, but ... at the registration desk, shown here with Anthony. This was a special ... 11 hours at the reg desk, I headed over to Thursday night's opening

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006